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Senior Software Engineer, React Native

Skydio· R&D
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$190k - $250kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior React Native Engineer to lead development of real-time, high-impact mobile applications used by first responders, drone pilots, mission commanders, and the public. Architect cross-platform app, deliver mission-critical video, telemetry, and collaboration at the edge with end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Innovate on UI/UX for Skydio's new cross-platform mobile app
  • Build video- and map-based experiences for a range of user personas, from trained pilots to first-time public users
  • Improve app performance through native code versus TypeScript — knowing when to drop into Swift or Kotlin
  • Establish patterns the app is built on: shared components, navigation and state management conventions, testing strategy, CI/CD, and performance budgets
  • Own features end to end, from early prototype through customer rollout, with release management, feature flagging, and observability in place
  • Enable first responders to run complex multi-drone operations with ease
  • Collaborate with the autonomy and cloud teams, and iterate on features using field feedback

Qualifications

  • 5+ years building and shipping customer-facing mobile applications, with substantial depth in React Native
  • Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and GraphQL
  • Strong development skills in Swift and/or Kotlin, with real experience writing or maintaining native modules rather than only consuming them
  • Proven ability to design systems that scale for performance, reliability, and usability — and the diagnostic skill to find out why they don't
  • Experience building real-time, data-intensive features and integrating with external APIs and services
  • Strong product intuition and empathy for end users operating in high-stakes environments
  • Demonstrated experience working across teams to take complex, integrated features from concept to production
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity and a bias toward action
  • Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions

Skills

Required:React NativeReactTypeScriptGraphQLSwift/KotlinNative modules

Benefits

  • Paid vacation time
  • sick leave
  • holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan
  • comprehensive benefits packages
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AI-powered autonomous drones for Drone as First Responder (DFR), critical infrastructure inspection, tactical ISR, site security, surveying and mapping

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